God has a sense of humor

[Ed Anger]

Copenhagen = My archenemies.

There's got to be some historical bits somewhere about people beating up Danes, which could cheer you up?

You could always try to steal the head of the little mermaid statue or something.  Surely, when in the lair of the arch nemesis it is time for dashing deeds of derring do?

I think Denmark's gone more conservative since my youth there, but if it's bright and sunny and summery you could always try to find a beach or park and see if you can spot any topless sunbathers or swimmers.  Or is that just not done anymore in Denmark?

I'll likely poke through a museum or a castle in addition to the casino. I won't waste the time going to that mermaid.

[Jacob]

Yakie, can you tell me what a "champagne girl" is?  It's how the girlfriend describes her job in the one Danish movie I've seen.

Your guess is as good as mine on that.  I'd guess a pretty girl whose job is to hand out champagne and be ogled and, depending on context, possibly be topless and/ or provide blow jobs.

But really, I have no idea.

Then I did a quick google search for "champagne pige" (which is the Danish translation) and it appears that it's a high class call girl and (semi-)current slang for the kind of girls who sleep with politicians, at least in tabloid usage.  It also appears that the term is used by certain establishments strippers and the like for places that like to position themselves as "classy."

So now my guess is it could be any kind of position (ahem) in the sex industry, with a small helping of pretend-class to make it seem glamorous.

Oh and... Ed... are strippers and lap dances ok, or are those off limits as well?  If not, I came across this location, while googling champagne girls, which may be of interest: http://www.clubhollywood.dk/the-girls/

[Ed Anger]

Oh and... Ed... are strippers and lap dances ok, or are those off limits as well?  If not, I came across this location, while googling champagne girls, which may be of interest: http://www.clubhollywood.dk/the-girls/

Quite alright. Might have to stop by that.

[Jacob]

I'll likely poke through a museum or a castle in addition to the casino. I won't waste the time going to that mermaid.

Museums ...

My favourite is this one, it's a bit of this and that and baroque bits and rooms that I find entertaining.  How did royalty live who wanted to be the Sun King of France but couldn't do it because they were stuck in a small Nordic backwater?  Like this: http://www.frederiksborgmuseet.dk/default.asp?obj=norm&show=1&parent=892&objID=892

There are some decorative arts, some architecture, a nice chapel and that sort of stuff.  It's not super central, however, and probably a half day to a day trip, so it might not be practical.

As a wargamer, I'd recommend this museum however, which is basically a big collection of swords, armour, cannons, uniforms and other things related to war: http://www.thm.dk/info/eng.htm - it's pretty central too.

There's also the naval museum, where you are sure to find bits about Denmark getting manhandled in the Battle of Copenhagen, something which should warm your cold cold heart: http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk/info/eng.htm

[The Brain]

Ed is a pussy. What's so dangerous about meeting your fellow Languishians? Are you afraid we will find out what a fucking lame ass 400 lb loser you are? We already know you ride a wheelchair FFS.

[Ed Anger]

I'll likely poke through a museum or a castle in addition to the casino. I won't waste the time going to that mermaid.

Museums ...

My favourite is this one, it's a bit of this and that and baroque bits and rooms that I find entertaining.  How did royalty live who wanted to be the Sun King of France but couldn't do it because they were stuck in a small Nordic backwater?  Like this: http://www.frederiksborgmuseet.dk/default.asp?obj=norm&show=1&parent=892&objID=892

There are some decorative arts, some architecture, a nice chapel and that sort of stuff.  It's not super central, however, and probably a half day to a day trip, so it might not be practical.

As a wargamer, I'd recommend this museum however, which is basically a big collection of swords, armour, cannons, uniforms and other things related to war: http://www.thm.dk/info/eng.htm - it's pretty central too.

There's also the naval museum, where you are sure to find bits about Denmark getting manhandled in the Battle of Copenhagen, something which should warm your cold cold heart: http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk/info/eng.htm

Thanks.

[Jacob]

If you like modern art (and I don't) you might want to treck to Louisiana, which apparently is pretty good for that sort of thing.

You'll probably want to avoid the National Museum as it's primarily about stone age junk and some bits about vikings (though it does have a couple of bog mummies which are kind of cool).

There's the Viking Ship museum in Roskilde which is cool if you want to look at some viking ships.  Less cool if viking ships do not interest you.

... as for the locals, they probably won't bother you unless you address them first so it could be safe to venture outside.  Denmark's pretty big on people minding their own damn business (on the streets, when it comes to politics and government, much less so but that won't impact you much other than the odd environmental surcharge).

[Ed Anger]

Ed is a pussy. What's so dangerous about meeting your fellow Languishians? Are you afraid we will find out what a fucking lame ass 400 lb loser you are? We already know you ride a wheelchair FFS.

It is a Rascal scooter, you cad.

[Sheilbh]

San Antonio and Austin are practically one giant city.  I can get to downtown San Antonio in about an hour and a half.  If you have some time I could meet up with you at the Alamo or something.

  I won't travel for three hours there and back unless I'm staying for the weekend

[Ed Anger]

San Antonio and Austin are practically one giant city.  I can get to downtown San Antonio in about an hour and a half.  If you have some time I could meet up with you at the Alamo or something.

  I won't travel for three hours there and back unless I'm staying for the weekend

Some people do that every day for work.

[Barrister]

San Antonio and Austin are practically one giant city.  I can get to downtown San Antonio in about an hour and a half.  If you have some time I could meet up with you at the Alamo or something.

  I won't travel for three hours there and back unless I'm staying for the weekend

That's the difference between Euros and North Americans.  I've driven 4 hours return just for lunch.

[Ed Anger]

San Antonio and Austin are practically one giant city.  I can get to downtown San Antonio in about an hour and a half.  If you have some time I could meet up with you at the Alamo or something.

  I won't travel for three hours there and back unless I'm staying for the weekend

That's the difference between Euros and North Americans.  I've driven 4 hours return just for lunch.

Dude:

[Sheilbh]

Some people do that every day for work.

I quite a job I had in London because the daily 1.5 hour commute killed me (and the money wasn't worth it).  In two hours I can be in an entirely different city or country.  Traveling that long for lunch or as part of the same city is just alien to me.

Dude:

He was looking for a cooker.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I don't approve of commutes that are longer than a 20-minute walk.

[Valdemar]

I'll likely poke through a museum or a castle in addition to the casino. I won't waste the time going to that mermaid.

Museums ...

My favourite is this one, it's a bit of this and that and baroque bits and rooms that I find entertaining.  How did royalty live who wanted to be the Sun King of France but couldn't do it because they were stuck in a small Nordic backwater?  Like this: http://www.frederiksborgmuseet.dk/default.asp?obj=norm&show=1&parent=892&objID=892

There are some decorative arts, some architecture, a nice chapel and that sort of stuff.  It's not super central, however, and probably a half day to a day trip, so it might not be practical.

As a wargamer, I'd recommend this museum however, which is basically a big collection of swords, armour, cannons, uniforms and other things related to war: http://www.thm.dk/info/eng.htm - it's pretty central too.

There's also the naval museum, where you are sure to find bits about Denmark getting manhandled in the Battle of Copenhagen, something which should warm your cold cold heart: http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk/info/eng.htm

But then at the naval museum he would also get to see the big set piece tableaus of the Battle at Køge Bugt

If historic museums are the thing then I'd take rosenborg over Frederiksborg. Rosenborg was Chr. IV's sumemr castle, originally outside the walls, it is kept more or less as the kngs held it, with rooms from most eras from renesaince to a 150 years ago or so. IITC they have on purpose NOT installed elctricity so come in daylight But its been a while since I was there.

Rosenborg also has the crown jewels.

Beyond the naval museum they also havea beached mini sub "Sælen" and a 60-70 Danish Frig as a mueseum ship.

IF you have time yu can go to Rosklide and see the Vikingship museum. They salvaged a number of hulls of the fjord and tried to rebuild several of them, the most famous being the sea stallion, a 60 man warship

V